Miss Hulu on Boxee? You have a few other options

It was a sad day when Hulu’s advertisers decided that they needed to pull themselves from Boxee. The only ones they are really hurting are themselves (and perhaps Hulu in the process). But never fear, you have various options on how to watch Hulu, none of which involve actually going to Hulu.com.

First up is a plug-in for Front Row called Understudy. Understudy allows Front Row to stream media from Hulu and Netflix. It’s not perfect, but hey, it’s open source and a work in progress. I’ve always preferred Front Row to anything else on my Mac simply because it syncs up with iTunes to update whether or not I’ve viewed a particular podcast. And this just adds to the simplicity of using your Mac for watching streaming content on your computer. It adds another section to Front Row, and you can add various feeds of media to watch. Sadly, it doesn’t really match the type of control you get on Hulu.com yet, but in the coming months, who knows.

Next is manually adding Hulu content back into Boxee. Hulu’s advertisers will probably hate you for it, but who cares right? They deserve it, I’m sure. Lifehacker has a great tutorial showing exactly how to do this. So, if you really are missing your Hulu inside of Boxee, this is the way to go for now.

Lastly, I want to mention another application for viewing media on your Mac. It’s called Plex, and it’s pretty slick. It’s very similar to the sort of thing you’re already used to with this kind of application. The interface is beautiful, and if you’re adventurous enough to try the unstable build, you’ll be treated to some extra functionality. Plex is now incorporating plug-ins into their program as well. These allow you to watch content from various sources, including—you guessed it—Hulu. Plus, there are a few other plug-ins for sites like Rev3, YouTube and the like. Give it a try, you might just find yourself really digging this app. Just make sure you click on the version 0.7.8 beta!